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=Week 1 A Review of 金山词霸: A Chinese-English & English to Chinese Dictionary in your iPhone/iPad/iTouch.=

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====For my first app review, I'd like to introduce my favorite app in my iPhone--the King Dictionary. It is a free app that is available for iPhone/iPad/iTouch. Basically speaking, it is a Chinese-English & English-Chinese electronic dictionary. In addition to the translating function, it also contains functions that can help people to learn English:====


 * ====It allows you to create your own lists of vocabularies for review;====
 * ====It can translate the whole sentence.====
 * ====It provides examples that how the words are used in sentences;====
 * It has a history of the words that you looked up.

====The functions of this app are simple but powerful. As an advanced English learner, I use it all the time. It allows you to look up a word whenever and wherever you want. For a English learner, this is really a helpful function. It is much more convenient and practical than carrying a real dictionary. And also, the users can create vocabulary lists using the new words that they looked up and review them whenever and wherever they want. It is kind of similar to the flash cards.====

====King dictionary is the first and the most popular electronic dictionary in China. Its layout is familiar to almost all the English learners. It is nice to have it in my iPhone and carry it with me all the time. There is nothing special about this app, but it has all the functions that you need. I think most English learners would feel the same way.====



=Week Two: A Review of Byki--A Language Learning App=

[|Byki for Mandarin Chinese]

====Before You Know It(Byki) is a language acquisition software using a personalized language-learning system and a flashcard software system. Now it has applications available for iPhone/iPad/iTouch for learning various different languages. The app costs $7.99. I didn't buy the app since I'm not currently learning any language.But I did check its features. I've installed Byki for learning Mandarin Chinese in my laptop and it was nice to find that they had apps for mobile devices. Comparing to the the software, the app has a more clear and fancy layout (At least for me.:)) and more features. According to the introduction in the app store, some of the new features of the app include:====


 * ====Slow Sound- improve your pronunciation by slowing down the native speaker sound to hear every nuance.====
 * ====Track your learning process with statistics on the number of items you have learned.====
 * ====Byki Deluxe Mac and PC users can create their own Mandarin Chinese lists, then download and use them in the app.====

====The downside of this app is that you have to pay for it. For the software, there are a free version and a deluxe version. But for the app, there is only one version of it. I think the app will be somewhat helpful for language learning. But apparently not everyone is willing to pay $7.99 to buy it.====